# Cuts, lacerations at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
> OSHA SIR `2015042223` · 4/21/2015 · HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Mowing machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
- **Location:** 500 University Drive, HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, 17033
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An maintenance worker, inserted his left hand into the mower chute to remove grass while the mower blades were engaged and cut two of his fingers.  He was admitted to the hospital for surgery to reattach the fingers.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*